Teuscheria Explained

Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.^[6]

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[1]

• Teuscheria archilae Guatemala
• Teuscheria cornucopia - Ecuador
• Teuscheria desireei - Guatemala
• Teuscheria dodsonii - Ecuador
• Teuscheria elegans - Colombia
• Teuscheria guatemalensis - Guatemala
• Teuscheria horichiana - Costa Rica
• Teuscheria integrilabia - Ecuador
• Teuscheria pickiana - Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Ecuador
• Teuscheria wageneri - Costa Rica to W. Colombia, Venezuela to NE. Ecuador

Of these species, three were described from Guatemala in 2013. These are T. archilae, T. desireei and T. guatemalensis.^[7] According to the protologue, T. archilae and T. guatemalensis occur in the wild in Guatemala, while the type and the description of T. desireei were based on material cultivated in Guatemala but probably native to Venezuela.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=203503 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2009). Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
3. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
4. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii
5. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
6. Neptune Designs Inc. The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia T-Z. Retrieved on 2009-04-01
7. http://www.richardiana.com/pdfRich/Richardiana-vol13-26-Teuscheria.pdf Archila, F., G.R. Chiron, & D. Szlachetko. 2013. Additions dans le genre Teuscheria (Orchidaceae, Bifrenariinae). Richardsoniana 13:257-266.